Mexico vs Turks & Caicos

White modern villa with turquoise pool overlooking ocean beach at Ambergris Cay, with lounge chairs and covered patio seating.

Mexico and Turks & Caicos, side by side: live travel advisories, our resort catalog's real guest data, and each destination's honest weather picture. Everything you need to break the tie.

By the numbers

Mexico compared with Turks & Caicos
Mexico	Measure	Turks & Caicos
Level 2: Exercise Increased Caution	U.S. travel advisory	Level 2: Exercise Increased Caution
91 (better)	Resorts in our catalog	6
★ 4.5 (better)	Average guest rating	★ 4.5
$55–$1694/night pp (better)	Nightly rates	$221–$2591/night pp
31 of 91	Adults-only resorts	1 of 6
In the hurricane belt	Hurricane exposure	In the hurricane belt
Generally May–October on the Caribbean coast; rain can also occur in winter	Rainy season	September–December, and even then it's one of the drier corners of the Caribbean
December–April	Sweet spot	December–April, with May–June a good-value shoulder
Spanish (English at many resorts)	Language	English
Mexican peso (MXN)	Currency	U.S. dollar (official)
Type A/B plugs, as in the U.S.	Power	120V, Type A/B plugs (same as the US)
On the right	Driving	On the left

Advisory levels sync from travel.state.gov; catalog figures reflect the resorts we've researched, not every hotel in the country. A marked row is one we are willing to call; rows without a mark are a matter of taste, or we have no comparable figure for both sides.

On the map

Mexico

Turks & Caicos

Weather, month by month

Month-by-month average high temperature and rainfall for Mexico and Turks & Caicos
Measure	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Mexico · high °F	82	83	85	87	89	90	90	91	89	87	84	82
Turks & Caicos · high °F	81	81	83	84	87	89	90	90	89	87	84	82
Mexico · rain (in)	3.5	2.0	1.5	1.5	4.0	6.5	4.0	4.5	8.5	8.5	4.0	3.5
Turks & Caicos · rain (in)	1.9	1.4	1.0	1.5	2.5	2.0	2.0	2.5	3.5	3.5	3.0	2.5

Approximate climate normals for Cancún / Riviera Maya and Providenciales: planning guidance, not a forecast. A deeper tint is a higher number, read within its own row.